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Definition dignity

Etymology

From Middle English dignitee, borrowed from Old French dignité, from Latin d?gnit?s (“worthiness, merit, dignity, grandeur, authority, rank, office”), from d?gnus (“worthy, appropriate”), from Proto-Italic *degnos, from Proto-Indo-European *d?-nos, from *de?- (“to take”). See also decus (“honor, esteem”) and decet (“it is fitting”). Cognate to deign.

Noun

dignity (countable and uncountable, plural dignities)

1. The state of being dignified or worthy of esteem: elevation of mind or character.
2. Decorum, formality, stateliness.
3. High office, rank, or station.
4. One holding high rank; a dignitary.
5. (obsolete) Fundamental principle; axiom; maxim.

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